Pledge to America

Remember the days when people used to say that you could trust a man by his word? I know that my father always told me to live my life in a way that allowed people to trust me by what I said, without having to prove it. I think the Republicans should listen to my father.

Back in the day, around this time in 1994, the Republican Party released "A Contract to America", their pledge to fix what they saw as the problems facing Americans. They claimed that they were going to change the way that politics were being run. And then......they didn't. They got their positions of power and rather than helping the people that needed it most, they exploded the deficit, ran two illegal wars, and violated the Constitution in a way that in mind-blowing.

Now, they have the "Pledge to America" and claim that they are going to fix what problems have occurred under Democratic rule. Forget that they ran the government for 8 years and committed crimes against the American people, but they are going to apparently do things differently after two years of saying "no" to everything.

For example, they claim that they are going to repeal the health care bill. Putting aside the fact that they have done nothing but mislead the American public about what is inside the bill, the idea that they could repeal it is ludicrous. If they regain the House, Senate, or both, it won't be by huge margins. Rather, they will have slim leads, if any at all.

Let's say that they get a bill passed that repeals the health care bill, do they expect that they will convince President Obama to go back on his greatest policy achievement yet?

They also plan on keeping Guantanamo Bay open and full of "enemy combatants". They plan on keeping people deemed a terrorist without a trial, without due process, without access to lawyers, for however long they deem necessary. How can they justify standing up for "freedom from government oppression" while they lock people away like the police state they claim Democrats want to establish.

Ultimately, nothing has changed. While it is clear that there needs to be significant change from what has been happening, it is not the other axis of evil that will get it done. The same old act is being played by the Republicans. And if they win one or both of the houses, be prepared for significant nothingness. Absolutely nothing. Because if history has proven anything, keeping the status quo in place pays better.